impedir — meaning in English

English meaning

• abstain verb To deliberately not take part in something, especially eating, drinking, or voting.
• block noun A solid piece of a hard material, usually with flat sides.
• deter verb To discourage someone from doing something, usually through fear of a consequence.
• disrupt verb To throw a process, system, or situation into confusion by interrupting its normal flow.
• hamper noun A large basket with a lid, used to carry or store items such as laundry or food.
• hinder verb To make something more difficult or slow to accomplish; to get in the way of.
• impeach verb To formally charge a public official with misconduct, often as a step toward removing them from office.
• impede verb To slow down or get in the way of progress.
• prevent verb To stop something from happening, or to keep someone from doing something.
• stymie noun A situation where an opponent's ball is directly in the way of one's own ball and the hole, on the putting green (abolished 1952).

Senses

impedir is used for these senses in English:

• abstain (transitive, obsolete) Hinder; keep back; withhold. [Attested from the early 16th century until the mid 17th century.]
• deter (transitive) To prevent something from happening.
• disrupt (transitive) To interrupt or impede.
• hamper (transitive) To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle.
• hinder (ambitransitive) To delay or impede; to keep back, to prevent.
• impeach To bring a legal proceeding against a public official.
• impede (transitive) To get in the way of; to hinder.
• prevent (transitive) To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something). [from 16th c.]

block — full definition

1. noun A solid piece of a hard material, usually with flat sides.
2. noun A section of a city bounded by streets, or the distance along one such section.
3. noun Something that stops progress or prevents access.
4. verb To obstruct or prevent something from passing or happening.
5. verb To stop someone from contacting you online.

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